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Not Impossible : The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done by Mick Ebeling is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"What if you discovered by accident that you could change the world? Mick Ebeling--a film producer by trade, optimist by nature--set out to perform a simple act of kindness that quickly turned into a lifelong mission. In the process he discovered that he could, indeed, change the world--and this fascinating new book shows how you can, too. On the cutting edge of the new "Maker Movement"--An outgrowth of the "hackers" of a decade ago--Mick Ebeling has found ways to create new, simple, do-it-yourself technologies to help people surmount seemingly impossible odds. With a bunch of nuts and bolts, a few jimmy-rigged web cameras and a coat hanger, he got a paralyzed artist drawing again; for less than a hundred bucks, he made prosthetic arms for a boy whose arms had been blown off in the war in Sudan. From the beginning, Ebeling has dreamed big, but that doesn't mean his accomplishments have come easy. He's had to deal with the little voice in his head we all recognize--the skeptical, disbelieving part that says, "Sorry, this ain't happening." Yet he found the courage to ignore that voice and move on. And believe. And get things done. The first result was the Eyewriter, which Time magazi

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Mick Ebeling
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781476782805
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Technology, Science, Engineering
Rating
3.97 / 5 (91 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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